Middlemen / Intermediary Requesters List

If someone wants to offer work to be done on Mechanical Turk, but doesn't want to deal with the complexities of it themselves, or isn't able to directly sign up with Amazon, there are middleman/intermediary requesters who offer to post HITs for another person/business for a fee. I wanted to list in one place the ones I know of so far, both for workers to be aware of, and for anyone who might want to use such a service. Amazon features a number of these companies on their requester information site, as 'technology partners' and 'consulting partners'; some other companies included on those pages might not post HITs themselves, just help with the process, so I'm only listing the ones for which I know their MTurk requester name.

MTurk requester name: SurveyComet
Customer-facing name: SurveyComet and TurkPrime, part of 'Crusoe Development, Inc.'
Notes: Active on MTurk since 2011, they offer to post researchers' surveys through the SurveyComet account, in addition to tools to help researchers post through their own accounts.

Looks like it's officially time for a Smartsheet-on-mturk obituary. As of today (don't know exactly how long ago it happened), their 'partner page' on MTurk.com has been removed, and I noticed last week (again, don't know exactly how long ago it happened) that Smartsheet.com had removed MTurk-related content (such as this, and this which had this pdf) from their live site; 'smartsourcing' (their feature that let clients send work to MTurk) has no mention in their redesigned product tour. One of the last vestiges was an orphaned intro PDF, which I've archived here before they got around to deleting that too.

On another note, I'm also adding the fairly-new survey middleman 'Mturk Data'/'Mturk Data2'. Their description of themselves: "Mturk Data Consultants is your HIT publishing resource for anyone who cannot publish on Amazon Mechanical Turk. We are here to offer a low cost solution to your Mturk problem. Our current focus is on international academic survey requesters and content creation. Future plans are to be a full service requester for a wide variety of HITs. After August 22, 2014, international accounts will be closed and no new international accounts will be accepted by Amazon Payments. Without an Amazon Payments account, requesters outside of the United States will no longer be able to publish HITs. We are here to fill that void."

" Need survey responders quickly?
Simply tell us your desired demographics (age, gender, political affiliation, preferences, health background etc.) and we will get you the data reliably and quickly, usually within 24 hours.
You create your survey on your preferred platform (e.g. SurveyMonkey, Qualtrics, proprietary platform). We post your questionnaire to the sample. You get your data in record time. "
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" Can I run TurkPrime studies if I do not have a Mechanical Turk (MTurk) account?
Yes. Although TurkPrime is designed for Amazon Mechanical Turk Requesters with an MTurk account, we also provide a service so that you can use the TurkPrime.com MTurk account from where you can run your studies. This is particularly useful for non-United States based researchers who are not eligible for an MTurk account.
Contact us for details and pricing. "
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Looks like it's officially time for a Smartsheet-on-mturk obituary. As of today (don't know exactly how long ago it happened), their 'partner page' on MTurk.com has been removed, and I noticed last week (again, don't know exactly how long ago it happened) that Smartsheet.com had removed MTurk-related content (such as this, and this which had this pdf) from their live site; 'smartsourcing' (their feature that let clients send work to MTurk) has no mention in their redesigned product tour. One of the last vestiges was an orphaned intro PDF, which I've archived here before they got around to deleting that too.

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Starting in Feb 2015, it looks like one of the most popular Smartsheet clients, the one with the restaurant/store phone calls (and other random stuff), found their way onto MTurk directly... Smartsheet Client QOJJMMB apparently is now Casey Ryan(A2MN0YZXPX4E49).

In addition to (and dating back earlier than) their data collection/categorization projects for major clients, Alegion occasionally posts 'Simple One Question Survey' HITs which come and go quickly. These come from Alegion's 'first customer'Zipinion, which was founded by one of Alegion's co-founders. They are one question plus demographics; similar to PickFu.

Added Title Tester. Caught a few HITs from them in June and July 2015, $0.02 to choose your favorite of several possible blog post titles. They describe their service on their website as "Know The Best Title Before You Hit Publish: Create a test in 60 seconds to gather feedback and boost click-through rates."